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In the Crossfire?
The next time you hear reports of unarmed, supposedly innocent Palestinian youths killed by the IDF, and how they were merely “caught in the crossfire,” or happened to be “in the wrong place at the wrong time,” and how their senseless deaths are the fault of the Israelis having a disreagrd for Palestinian life, try to remember pictures like these:
Now, of course no one would suggest that these obviously stupid and misguided kids should be killed for their violent but ineffective behavior, but it’s a lot harder to blame the IDF for their deaths when they so relentlessly try to relentlessly provoke confrontations.
Imagine if a few IDF soldiers were surrounded by dozens of these thugs throwing rocks and bottles at them and giving every indication that they would just soon kill as look at them. Could they be blamed for losing their nerve and firing into the crowd?
I’m always aggravated by the litany of complaints that say, “Well of course the Palestinains are the victims. All they have are rocks while the Israelis have tanks!”
Just because you’re the relative underdog in regards to the weaponry at your disposal in no way gives you automatic moral superiority, especially when you take every possible opportunity to pick a fight.
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.In your face, Space Coyote!
to penetrate.
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
we could go and stop the Soviets and all their expansionist hijinks, but then we'd like, have to go all the way over to
One of the great advances of the modern era has been the spread of the rule of law. This is the now common idea that
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
I've been blogging since July 2005, and in that time, I've had a few inter-blog arguments with the folks on the other
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
lap dance.
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
Why are you still here?!
Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard at 09:37 AM | Comments (0)
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
let you know when there's a mushroom cloud over New York, because that's the only "final proof" that seems to be able to
act such as this. In a few days or weeks, I'm sure it will subside to a colder, more focused resolution to continue to
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
It is time for a new day to dawn in the Blogosphere, my gnome brothers. A glorious day. A day when no longer will we
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
but I hope to do that soon. I also hope to win the Nobel Prize in Kickboxing, and judge each of those things to be of
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
One of the great advances of the modern era has been the spread of the rule of law. This is the now common idea that
looks like a green light, no?
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
In your face, Space Coyote!
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
One of the great advances of the modern era has been the spread of the rule of law. This is the now common idea that
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
that I hadn't thought of it first!
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
trying to get an education
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
I have to admit I'm pretty curious just to see what he's going to do. The guy has shown himself to have an overpowering
lap dance.
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
I have to admit I'm pretty curious just to see what he's going to do. The guy has shown himself to have an overpowering
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
vulnerability.
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
At the very least, don't let me hear any of these things when you're standing in my presence, unless you want a faceful
cause, but I,
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
to get a good smack upside the head (or as I call it, a "hippie hello"), but that was apparently too much for the niggardly
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
Why are you still here?!
nothing may stand in our way!
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
who has been deprived of food for at least 6 hours - sounds like an unusually cruel thing to do, I know, but I'm sure
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard at 09:13 PM | Comments (4)
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
about equal probability.
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
A taste, just a taste...
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
superiority.
hacky-sack?"
lap dance.
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
again soon, didn't we?"
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
so that he will be better equipped to fulfill point 1). Show me another nation that's like that today.
cause, but I,
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
act such as this. In a few days or weeks, I'm sure it will subside to a colder, more focused resolution to continue to
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
University or Diversity
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
trying to get an education
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
At the very least, don't let me hear any of these things when you're standing in my presence, unless you want a faceful
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
computer systems.
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
making a point of reading in depth about any such future atrocity to ensure that I don't allow myself to be instantly "over it."
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
I mean come on, when you're arguing with someone who's just going to call you a Nazi when you spend 2,000 words making
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
trying to get an education
In your face, Space Coyote!
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
being the reaction described above.
hacky-sack?"
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
vulnerability.
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
who like to chant slogans and can't come up with any better rhyme than something that has to do with the number "four" and "war."
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
to get a good smack upside the head (or as I call it, a "hippie hello"), but that was apparently too much for the niggardly
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
But for now if you all don't mind, I'd just like to stew in my rage for a while, and remind myself in a truly visceral
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
making a point of reading in depth about any such future atrocity to ensure that I don't allow myself to be instantly "over it."
who has been deprived of food for at least 6 hours - sounds like an unusually cruel thing to do, I know, but I'm sure
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
So welcome. If this is the first and/or only post you can see, it means I haven't imported my archives from Blogspot yet,
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
A taste, just a taste...
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
Anyway, take the new site for a test drive. Take her easy on the clutch and go steady on the hills, and I think you'll
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
looks like a green light, no?
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
I've been blogging since July 2005, and in that time, I've had a few inter-blog arguments with the folks on the other
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
computer systems.
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
At the very least, don't let me hear any of these things when you're standing in my presence, unless you want a faceful
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
let you know when there's a mushroom cloud over New York, because that's the only "final proof" that seems to be able to
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
and you'll get diversity in the speech by the politician, in the one by the principal who welcomes him and in the one by
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
about equal probability.
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
I mean come on, when you're arguing with someone who's just going to call you a Nazi when you spend 2,000 words making
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
trying to get an education
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
I have to admit I'm pretty curious just to see what he's going to do. The guy has shown himself to have an overpowering
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
to penetrate.
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
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